I just picked up a BK Elliot catalogue third edition. I thought it wouild be helpfull in dating some items I have also I was interested in the price data base....
Robert, You have my sympathy - both my K&E catalogues are minus their price lists. However I recently got a 6th edition (1938) B K Elliott Co catalogue so I...
For collectors looking for catalogs with price lists - we have the following catalogs in our current stock: Dietzgen 9th edition with prices (1914) Dietzgen...
I just posted a photo in my folder of some K&E ruling pens and a compass. I think they may have been made by Kern for K&E but I can not say for sure. They...
I have added two photos of recently purchased items (via ebay) to my album. The Troughton & Simms protractor is in fine condition with all of its original...
Very nice additions to your collection......I have weakness for both Troughton & Sims and 18th century French things. Do you by chance have a T & S catalog? I...
I'm planning a trip to these places and always would to look at and maybe even bring home a fine set of instruments..... so are there any shops or dealers...
I just picked up a 1923 36th edition K&E Catalogue with prices. I added three entries that corresponded with entries already in the database. I was surprised...
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As our grandparents were fighting off the 1918 "spanish" flu Dietzgen put the "National" brand on the market. This nice little e-bay find has PRICES!!! I'll...
Robert, Glad you've found ABEBooks - I've bought most of my catalogues through them. They are a Canadian site and list books from sellers in many countries...
Bill, Sorry, I don't have a Troughton & Simms catalogue. There are some in libraries and museums in the UK - see Anderson, Burnett & Gee,Handlist of Scientific...
Check out ebay item 260001386700 ....... maybe next time you need to sell some loose items letting them sit out in the rain a bit might help their value.......
I love it.... I just took my Archbut magazine set and buried in my garden. I can't wait till the worms eat into the oak case and the steal is rusted to a point...
I have posted two photos of a Geo Kent Ltd, London & Luton, linear planimeter that I have just purchased. It is housed in a fitted mahogany box with dovetailed...
I have seen a few posts with questions about the dates of certain catalogs. I can probably determine the age of your catalogs with fair degree of accuracy. My...
Hi all, another request for assistance I'm afraid. I have posted some photographs under the heading unusual protractor. I have never seen one like this before...
I saw this on Ebay the other day and I found it perplexing as well. Are the prickers resting in the up or down postion normaly? In other words do you have to...
Hi Nick, I too have not seen one like this before. Hopwever I think that it is some sort of plotter to be used in conjunction with a map or chart. In use the...
Hi, many thanks David and robert for your comments, all very logical. The pins can be lowered or raised using the levers, but my guess is they would be lowered...
... Can't say I've noticed prices on the occasional station pointer I've seen for sale, but there are three up on eBay at the moment, one Kelvin & Hughes, one...
What the pictures show is a "station pointer", an instrument used in navigation within sight of shore. You take the bearings of three separate landmarks...
Are there any good books or manuscripts avaliable that describe the actual construction techniques for drawing and mathematical instruments? I seem to be able...
While not truly describing the detail of fabrication the only works I am aware of that come close are: Edmond Stone 1758 (English Translation of Bion) "The...
I just posted a photo of three funky ruling pens I thought I would share.. Two have what appear to be brown bakelite handles. One is marked 'DESIGNO.....
Thank you Dave, You are always a great help in these Matters. One of the things that has always perplexed me is the triangular pegs and holes that the early...
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